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Ranger Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 848 Location: West MI Joined: Oct 16^th, 2002	Big storm last week Jul 27^th, 2016 at 2:23pm	Quote Print Post
	I'm just now reading about the big storms that swept through the BWCA and Quetico last week. Looks like two people died on Basswood: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I know that Jimbo and his party were and still are in Quetico. Hopefully they weathered the storm just fine. Anyone here experience the storm first hand? Or any news of widespread damage on portages, etc.?


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The_Beaver Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1131 Location: Middleton, WI Joined: Jan 10^th, 2005	Re: Big storm last week Reply #1 - Jul 27^th, 2016 at 2:59pm	Quote Print Post
	I was on a small island campsite on Sturgeon last Wednesday. It was ugly. Straight line wind, lightning and thunder, and lots of rain. Storm raged for 90 minutes (1:30am to 3am). No damage on my site; it seems the brunt of that particular storm stayed to my north. I learned about the tragic deaths Friday from paddlers I met on the Conk portage. Later in the week I saw many downed and uprooted trees. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Big storm last week Reply #2 - Jul 27^th, 2016 at 4:20pm	Quote Print Post
	Those pics are good reminder to NEWBIES that are not familiar with the geology in this area. Unlike root system where I live here in Lower MI, the roots go mostly OUT not down. Those big trees get moving it's like a giant lever. Something to think about when your setting camp or picking sites especially this time of year.


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Big storm last week Reply #3 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 2:56am	Quote Print Post
	Ranger wrote on Jul 27^th, 2016 at 2:23pm: I'm just now reading about the big storms that swept through the BWCA and Quetico last week. Looks like two people died on Basswood: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I know that Jimbo and his party were and still are in Quetico. Hopefully they weathered the storm just fine. Anyone here experience the storm first hand? Or any news of widespread damage on portages, etc.? I guess Jim and I survived. We estimated wind speed on our campsite on Cirrus to be between 60 and 70 mph, but we were in a protected spot so had no real issues. Later a couple of rangers related the tragedy further south. dd


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Solus Inukshuk Offline Posts: 967 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Oct 6^th, 2006	Re: Big storm last week Reply #4 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 4:02am	Quote Print Post
	I'm still without power from the storm. Maybe tomorrow.


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Ranger Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 848 Location: West MI Joined: Oct 16^th, 2002	Re: Big storm last week Reply #5 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 4:47pm	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc wrote on Jul 28^th, 2016 at 2:56am: I guess Jim and I survived. We estimated wind speed on our campsite on Cirrus to be between 60 and 70 mph... Did you have any idea that the storm was coming? Sounds like it was clear that evening, and then it hit in the middle of the night. Glad you guys were safe in a good spot.


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Big storm last week Reply #6 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 7:17pm	Quote Print Post
	Ranger wrote on Jul 28^th, 2016 at 4:47pm: DentonDoc wrote on Jul 28^th, 2016 at 2:56am: I guess Jim and I survived. We estimated wind speed on our campsite on Cirrus to be between 60 and 70 mph... Did you have any idea that the storm was coming? Sounds like it was clear that evening, and then it hit in the middle of the night. Glad you guys were safe in a good spot. Our bigger blow was actually about the 17th. Looks like this storm was on the 20th. We were far enough north on that day just to just get some rain and a little wind.


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The_Beaver Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1131 Location: Middleton, WI Joined: Jan 10^th, 2005	Re: Big storm last week Reply #7 - Jul 28^th, 2016 at 8:01pm	Quote Print Post
	The storm on the 20th hit at 1:30 am-ish after a very hot, clear day. No clouds at sunset but you just had a feeling a storm was coming given the build up in heat. I put my rain fly on despite the heat. That turned out to be a good call...


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: Big storm last week Reply #8 - Jul 29^th, 2016 at 11:31am	Quote Print Post
	My power was out 36 hours, so not as bad as some had it (have it). Lots of trees down between Cook, Tower, Ely which took out power lines. A few homes and cars got hit by them. We personally did not have any damage but had to cut a lot of small trees off of our cars at our mainland parking area. None were large enough to hurt the vehicles but one large one could have if it had not fallen between two of the cars. Glad I was not out camping. DNR is still out checking campsites and portages to make sure no one is still in trouble out in the BWCA.


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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4597 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Big storm last week Reply #9 - Jul 29^th, 2016 at 2:06pm	Quote Print Post
	DentonDoc & I have returned safely from our adventure. While it got quite warm where we were on the 20th (moving from the Sue Falls area to Kasakokwog), there was no bad weather to speak of that day. Our REAL blast came on Sunday the 17th. Frankly, we thought the T-storms were pretty much over for that day. Bright blue sky, cooling temps, etc.. Wrong! We were camped on 2Z, one of my favorite sites. I noticed a shift in the wind so I stepped out to the edge of the site to get a better look back at the W/NW sky. I haven't seen such a dark sky in a LONG time & it was headed straight at us. Winds surely topped 60 mph, with the tops of white caps being blown off in our direction. It certainly was an intense thunder cell but we weathered it OK, as our shelters were placed well back in the woods. Lots of thunder, lightening & heavy rain but no casualties. I will say that the north shore "mansions" along Rte 61 in Duluth took a real beating. Large trees were down, some still lying atop houses when we passed through on Wednesday, July 27. We did hear from 2 Quetico Rangers about the 2 paddlers being killed in the Basswood Lake area. Also, wind was generally a challenge for us during this trip, although Mother Nature cooperated nicely during our two long-paddling days as we moved from Kasakokwog to The Pines for our last night in the park. Strangely enough, big Pickerel Lake was like a sheet of glass.... Jimbo


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